Ship model Whaleboat of 1933

Whaleboats were used by the thousands aboard American
whaleships in the middle of the 19th century and, in lesser numbers, by whale
hunters of other nations and at shore stations around the world. The whaleboat
was a double-ended open boat of about 9 m length, being pulled by oars and
sailed.

The last voyage of a whaleship that carried whaleboats was
in the 1920s. In 1933 Charles Beetle built a whaleboat for the Mariners
Museum, Newport, Virginia, USA. This model is built to its lines.

The history and construction details of the whaleboats and
especially of the boat by Charles Beetle are outlined in the book
of Willits D. Ansel, The Whaleboat, a Study of Design, Construction and Use
from 1850 to 1970, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., 1978, ISBN 0913372404.

The model was built to lines taken off and construction
details recorded by Willits Ansel and Robert Allyn, 1975. The plan was
published in the book of Willits Ansel (see above).

This model of a whaleboat is very beautiful, a true master piece. It was built
like a real ship by Jan van den
Heuvel, Philippine (Terneuzen), Netherlands, with great care of details.The ship model is 1 :
10 scale. Length is
87 cm,
width 23 cm, height 31 cm.

This model has already been sold. The pictures and the data
are shown in the
gallery of the ship models sold only to let enthusiasts and model makers
enjoy the photos and maybe get ideas or some guidance, if someone builds such
a model by himself.